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(No Model.)

S. A. 00X.

DRENGHING BIT.

uTMm, WASHINGYON a c UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL A. COX, OF WVYOMING, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR ()F ONE-HALF TO ROBERT lVADSlVORTI-I, OF SAME PLACE.

DRENCHlNG-BIT.

SPECIFICATION" forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,513, dated July 22, 1890.

Application filed March 1, 18 90.

ToaZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL A. COX, of Wyoming, in the county of Vyoming and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in D ren chin g-Bits, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The object of my invention is to form the drenching-bit, with its associated parts, in such a manner that the liquid medicine may be more conveniently and certainly administered to the horse or other animal under treatment than has heretofore been done, the features of novelty being hereinafter fully described, and more particularly pointedout in the claims. a

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved drenching-bit, the head-stall, except as to parts of the iron fastenings, being omitted; Fig. 2, a View of the same, seen as indicated by arrow 00 in Fig. 1, the hollow bit being transversely sectioned, as on the dotted line 3/ y; and Fig. 3, a view of some of the parts seen as indicated by arrow 2 in Fig. 1, parts being broken away and the bit in part horizontally sectioned along its axis. Fig. 4, drawn to a smaller scale, shows the application of the device.

Referring to the parts shown in the drawings, A is a receptacle or tank for holding the dose of medicine to be administered, preferably made of sheet metal.

B is the bit proper of the device, and is to be inserted in the animals mouth like the bit of an ordinary bridle. This bit is preferably an iron pipe or tube having a closely-fitting imperforate cap 0 at one end and formed with perforations Z, out through which the medicine is discharged into the animals month. At the opposite end of the bit an elbow D is secured, the elbow being connected with the tank by means of a faucet E, the tank communicating with the bit by an inner passage-way for the liquid. The tank is provided with a tightly-fitting but removable cap or cover a, formed, preferably, with an opelr ing Z), through which air may be admitted to the interior of the tank while the liquid is flowing out thereof, said opening being provided with some suitable stopper 0.

Serial No. 342,201. (No model.)

F is a wire bail joined to the bit so as to turn thereon between the end of the elbow and the cap 0, as shown. This bail is formed at the middle of its upper part with a bend or loop cl, in which a stout cord 6 is secured. The bit Bis held to place in the animals mouth by means of an ordinary headstall g, as shown in Fig. l, f f being simple irons connecting the headstall with the bit. The tank, which is rigid with the bit 13, is formed with a projection h, constituting a lock or holder for the bail and the tank, by means of which these two parts are, when required, held rigidly together. A notch or indentation i in the part h receives the side of the bail, the tank and the bail being sprung asunder to allow the bail to enter the notch. The elastioity of the parts serves to hold the bail in the notch when the bailand the tank are thus locked together.

The manner of using the device is as follows: The faucet E being closed, the cover a is removed from the tank and the drench turned therein, the cover being afterward replaced. The bit is inserted in the horses mouth in the usual manner with the perforations Z turned inward, the headstall being secured'to place upon the animals head.

The cord 6 is then passed over some conven ient bearing overhead-as, for instance, a pulley 7cand the auimalshead drawn upward, as shown, so that the flow of the liquid, by gravity, will be toward the throat. The faucet or gate E is then opened, the stopper 0 being at the same time removed to allow of an inflow of ail to the tank as the liquid 'passes out at the openings Z into the animals throat. Then the animals head is drawn upward, as shown, the bail occupies a substantially vertical position, and the tank, being locked to the bail, as above stated, is also held inavertical position. These positions of the parts are favorable to a rapid outflow of the liquid from the tank in to the animals mouth.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is 1. A drenching-bit having a tubular bit for the mouth, a removable closing-cap for one end of the bit, an elbow at the other end of the bit, a tank communicating with the bit through the elbow, a faucet for said tank, and a rigid bail, as of iron, having its ends bent a covered or closed tank comm unieatin g with the bit, and a faucet for said tank, substantiaily as and for the purposes specified, and a I 5 vent for the tank.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of February, 1890, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL A. COX. 'Witncsses:

E. 13. WHITMQRE, M. L. MCDERMOTT. 

